Playing Patrick Bateman Made People Think Christian Bale Was a Robot

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Clips:
American Psycho (2000)
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Images:
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Screenshot from The Machinist (2004)
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[@FriendlyCloaker]

The fact that Christian Bale didn't get an oscar for his performance in American Psycho is criminal

[@lunalegion]

Just like Bateman.

[@Ferngull.e]

Crimnul*

[@ashtmslf2315]

the academy doesn't respect horror

[@Greed70]

@@ashtmslf2315 The "Academy" usually turn up their noses and ignore movies like these, it seems like they hate horror but love "Thrillers" or psychological thrillers like Silence of the Lambs.

[@fybromon1409]

His ass alone deserved an Oscar

[@iSUCKatTHlSgame]

fun fact: [not sarcastic] I had absolutely no idea that the character of Patrick Bateman was inspired by Tom Cruise

[@rinocorn_]

Same

[@ricksanchez1079]

Anyone else like "Oh that makes sense"? Cuz I was.

[@nathanhepworth-smith9021]

Me also

[@chaosvii]

very much me, yes

[@NoNameAtAll2]

same

[@xoxtoddxox]

The thing about Bale is you forget he is acting. Whereas DiCaprio usually looks like he acting. Bale embodies the characters he portrays on the screen. Method actors tend to parrot and mimic the imagined actions of the character. Bale just becomes. Thus winging it is authentic.

[@Reject101Personal]

I've said this about DiCaprio. He is good, but you can see him acting, like you see his gears working almost.

[@SockDrawerDemon]

I think you are right! He is winging it, because he knows the character so well he can just instinctively do what that character would do in any given situation.

[@SpartanChief17C]

I wanna see Bale and Brian Cranston do something together. The sheer level of co-method acting would be insane

[@pian-0g445]

@@Reject101Personal and honestly, both are great. Sometimes I want it to feel like they are acting. For some movies DiCaprio is in, it works great, but not for all.

[@tamagotaho]

I totally forgot that Paul Allen was Jared Leto and only now realize that Batman killed The Joker in that axe scene.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Lets see Arthur Fleck's Business card

[@christopherjamesboudoir]

Not sure how widely this fact is known, but when Bale was losing weight for The Machinist he was going by a calculation by the screenwriter. Thing is the screenwriter of that movie was 6-8 inches shorter and considerably leaner looking than Bale. So when the writer did up a calculation of how underweight the character should be he did it with himself in mind and not a larger actor. Bale saw the weight, and instead of asking questions about it, just went out and got down to that weight, which for him bordered on deadly due to the emaciation. But that is how dedicated he is to a role.

[@ZoomerUnion]

Kind of a dumbass move by the screenwriter tho, sort of irresponsible

[@christopherjamesboudoir]

@@ZoomerUnion He had no idea who was going to get the part. And there was no way of knowing Bale would go so far with it.

[@ZoomerUnion]

@@christopherjamesboudoir idk... He could've instead said "we're looking for an actor with [x] BMI" or something like that which would be variable depending on height since it should have occurred to him that they wouldn't necessarily cast someone of the exact same height

[@christopherjamesboudoir]

@@ZoomerUnion He may not have even known the script would get picked up and figured if it did then he would change it. But then he probably forgot.

[@thingusbingus8181]

I wanna know how Christian Bale figured out he can sweat on command. Did he practice this?

[@coredefect6134]

I think its something everybody can do if they practice it tbh but idk

[@AdeptusCaeiusIII]

@@coredefect6134 It's simple enough to learn to do. It's a trick alongside raising and lowering your heartrate that people learn to prove lie detectors are bunk. It just takes a certain amount of practice or natural skill. He probably has the natural skill for it, or discovered how to rile himself up with no prep early on.

[@jordanguelbert7754]

Just imagine you're out of breath and in a furnace

[@NightwingRock]

My favourite scene from this movie is the scene where he goes on a shooting killing spree. Just seeing him slip inbetween each of his personalities/facades whilst also being in complete fucking shambles is great to watch

[@blasphemor]

Feed me a stray cat

[@doctorsammy883]

I like where he uses the spinning doors and goes around like twice just to get more headshots in

[@NightwingRock]

@@doctorsammy883 I love the bit where you see him shoot one receptionist and then when he can’t get to his gun in the next building, he pulls out a pen and actually signs in

[@doctorsammy883]

@@NightwingRock what about the part where they are at the club and trying to do coke but it’s actually just flour and Patrick says “Shut up, we’ll do it anyway.”?

[@ShayTheValiant]

"He's so f-ing moist!" Not something I ever thought I would hear.

[@SuperPoodleboy]

I also was not expecting to hear 9:16 on KZbin.

[@BlackKnightsCommander]

What really gets me about Patrick Bateman as a character is that the text on his business card isnt even centered yet he's still so confident in it. That's one of the most psychotic things he actually does in the movie imo.

[@boigeorge1149]

Only a method actor would do that wiggle dance on the way to murder a man without feeling soul-deep embarrassment.

[@ZGKIV]

My FAVORITE part is the "hey, paul!" scene. Im so glad you mentioned it. It makes me laugh so hard. Straight from just jabbering about music to this really upbeat exclamation, and then brings the axe down. Perfect. 👌

[@jacobweatherford4696]

Hearing that bale is a method actor i cant help but imagine how he plays batman and bruce wayne at the same time.

[@empdisaster10]

Patrick Bateman with Batman looks

[@brianegendorf2023]

Technically, he doesn't. They are never on screen together..

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@brianegendorf2023 i know but since he has to play batman and hes a method actor hed have to act like batman off set so how on earth would he do it and act as bruce wayne to be ready for his scenes too of course bruce wayne acts like a normal person so he probably just walked around acting like batman

[@brianegendorf2023]

@@jacobweatherford4696 Well, I'm guessing they film "Batman days" and "Bruce days" on different days. It's not like you have to film everything on one day.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@brianegendorf2023 true very true

[@samuelpalmer3855]

"I don't mean he went out and he killed people" I mean fair enough but I'm a little disappointed.

[@Dekaku]

I mean... Batman doesn't kill. He was probably just already prepared for his role as a bat.

[@FunkyGOB]

Yeah. If only he had hacked up Jared Leto for real we could have been spared Suicide Squad Joker and Morbius. If only….

[@perryunicorn1538]

when you're that deep in character its less on command and more you are feeling those feelings like truly and deeply so you are having the emotional reaction for real. The fact he can put himself back into that state over and over again its pretty amazing though.

[@FunkyGOB]

Just keep the lighting guy away from him

[@craigmcleodvortex]

I genuinely didn't know that the character was inspired by Tom Cruise of all people

[@adrianrobertoruizmartinez9325]

I didn't know that either!!

[@donngreitontordilla1456]

Same.

[@simonblackwell3576]

I didn’t know it, but it felt right as soon as I heard it 😂

[@alonzocantu9075]

i also did not know

[@lunalegion]

I can imagine Christian just in the set for The Dark Knight, saying “I’m Bateman.”

[@davebathgate]

No he said that in Bateman begins.

[@Lew8891]

American Psycho is one of my favorite movies and Bale is one of my favorite actors but I didn't know the Tom Cruise inspiration fact, so sometimes there is reason to say what everyone already knows. 😂

[@AdeptusCaeiusIII]

"Every day, there are approximately 10,000 people in the US who learn about something 'everyone knows'. If we shame them, we are training them not to share the moments when they learn about it. Therefore, when they hear about something 'everyone knows', we miss out on the fun." -XKCD Mentioning facts that are common is sometimes a really good thing. I also didn't know Bateman was based on Tom Cruise, but now I can't unsee it.

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

Fun Fact: not only was Bale's portrayal of Patrick Bateman inspired by by Tom Cruise, Cruise also appears in the novel American Psycho. He lives in the same building as Bateman (albiet on a more expensive floor), and they have a brief encounter in the elevator. Bateman tells him he likes his new movie "Bartender", to which Cruise corrects him "Cocktail, not Bartender", before pointing out Bateman's nose was bleeding.

[@matthewmunoz4318]

tim cruise

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

@@matthewmunoz4318 oops, missed that, good eye.

[@lycorisradiata2706]

Now let's see Paul Allen's Fact Fiend.

[@CannaToker420]

I highly recommend “Harsh Times” to anyone who hasn’t watched it before. One of Bale’s best roles. Extremely underrated film altogether.

[@Lyander25]

The fact that this tacitly calls Bale a really damned good Batman might raise some heckles but if he were more ruthless and kept up the Batman physique indefinitely in real life he'd probably be an excellent contender for the position. Oh and also pending his being a ludicrously wealthy scion.

[@empdisaster10]

I mean to be fair. Who would expect an actor playing Batman to actually be Batman

[@Lyander25]

@@empdisaster10 It would be the perfect disguise! Oh wait.... hmmm

[@SmolFrogge]

'Everybody knows this' I actually didn't know this!

[@thehermitman822]

Christian Bale, "I'm no Daniel Day Lewis."

[@katiadjaoued3709]

Fun fact i dident know that christian bale was inspire by a tom cruise interview so thank you for the additional fact Love the videos

[@andrewboyd6930]

God I'm just waiting to see him as Gorr the God butcher in the next Thor.

[@forthexp8649]

The Dafoe interview reminded me of Walken's speech to child Butch in Pulp Fiction, now i know why. Such an interesting cinematography technique.

[@kellykelly13579]

I learned about Christian Bale over a decade ago, I respect his craft 😊

[@kotarldo]

There is not a single movie he made worse with his presence, totally the opposite, he made some shit better just being there.

[@phall88]

I did not know about the tom cruise thing... So thank you for including it

[@JomaXZ]

I now have «Christian Bale» and «moist» on loop in my head. Thanks. Will watch again.

[@lamarhenderson8058]

The kid who played Nicolas in The Machinist worked for me for a while when he was in college. He said Christian Bale was generally cool to work with, although he was kind of grouchy because his diet during the shoot was, like, an apple a day or something.

[@flaccidpancake0348]

I remember seeing somewhere that in the book that Tom Cruise and Patrick Bateman are neighbors.

[@TheHere_AndNow]

"WHATCH ME GET DAMP" LULU 2022

[@Goob_V10]

“Watch me get DAMP” is not something I expected to hear in a video about Patrick Bateman.

[@gartsur84]

Hope to see the unedited video on the side channel, this seems to have some great extra content.

[@seanhutt4621]

Probably not a common opinion but I think Christian Bale in "velvet gold mine" is one of my favorite performances of his. The range he embodies is stellar

[@christopherphillips2464]

I didn't know about the Tom Cruise thing. Until this video I knew little to nothing about the movie.

[@Seracen]

3:30 - I appreciate the clarification Karl, it has not gone unappreciated, haha! In all honestly, I didn't actually know much about the film, despite cultural osmosis. Always fun to go down these history trips! In all fairness, half the time I come here to learn about things I'm too lazy (or never thought) to look up myself, lol.

[@jamesmachuta2010]

I remember thinking I recognized him from some other movie and three years later I'm watching Equilibrium and I realize "that's Jack from Disney's Newsies"

[@unlucky1307]

As I tend to not research or look up anything like this outside your channel since it only entertains me in the way you present it, I appreciate when the more "well known" facts are included, even if they're less interesting

[@nickthompson9697]

I want a Smokey and the Bandit reboot with Bale playing Burt Reynolds as The Bandit.

[@msf2399]

About the sweating: definitely tricky, but acting can have a weird cause-and-effect thing with your body. One of the trippiest moments I ever had, I was reading an argument scene to someone (not even moving around, just voicing it,) and the mood ring I was wearing shifted to “angry” colors because my body temperature was actually spiking voicing that scene. I proceeded to ruin the moment by bursting out laughing the second I noticed this.

[@atothetaco]

I hold Christian Bale has one of the best actors in films, the dedication is amazing

[@KLondike5]

Empire of the Sun is a favorite. Not many kids can carry a movie. That one was an interesting war perspective

[@carlosaznar2597]

Hi Kal! Long time fan here, been watching your channel for more than 3 years now and I absolutely love it! Love Lulu, instan fan. I like her contributions to the dynamic and I hope she gets more participation in the channel, Lili this is for you, you are rocking it girl❤️

[@alexbarker975]

I watch this channel specifically to hear things I would never have dreamed of looking up. I'm glad you rarely present facts that are common knowledge.

[@Iamwolf134]

It's almost as if Christian Bale simply melts into his assigned role.

[@richardcollazo7628]

“Watch me get DAMP!”..😂😂😂

[@pappapat1604]

I enjoy the dynamic of these two.

[@Untruths]

The hip to be square scene seems like such a natural action that I almost forgot I was watching a movie, is scary how good bale is

[@cooopy-jd7vx]

Such a great video thanks guys

[@Captain1nsaneo]

People are angry that you don't tell them things they already know because there's a dopaminergic response to hearing something you agree with.

[@thedragonboy7914]

I really gotta watch this movie

[@snailfriends213]

It was on Netflix a while back in the US if that applies to you go check it out!

[@Lyander25]

Honestly same. There's just a buttload of great movies that I've twigged onto via pop culture osmosis so playing catch-up and prioritising between real life and other entertainments has been a challenge, lockdowns notwithstanding

[@Irish381]

From newsies to empire of the sun he became a great actor using weight loss and muscular physical gains is the tip of the iceberg of this actor!

[@kotarldo]

Radical changes, a lot in common with De Niro's way.

[@chrisorozco7727]

"watch me get damp" 😂

[@cethapplegate594]

I didn't know that he was inspired by Tom Cruise.

[@user-rp1uf2rj6u]

"American psycho" was actually the first book I read in English. Great peace of literature

[@eshbena]

Well, your spell-checker failed it's English course. XD

[@Reject101Personal]

Oh American Psycho... The film where Batman finally snaps and burys an axe in The Jokers face.

[@JasonLudeli]

I must say I'm glad you included three bit about Tom Cruise. Your videos are about all of the behind the scenes celebrity, movie stuff I know so I on fact didn't know about that and I'm so glad I do now lol

[@PreistofGHAZpork]

I totally didn't know about the tom cruise thing

[@alanmoore8022]

I'm glad you did add the tom cruise fact as I didn't know that

[@owlgoddess8534]

the tom cruise fact just makes me think of that one youtube video that’s like “tom cruise kidnaps you in his basement and forces you to laugh at spider-pig” or something

[@harveyshaw9308]

I have not been here in a while. The contrast between the American accent and the Yorkshire accent 😂

[@sgtpwnd]

Jerald Leto was also in fight club and saw 2 actors pull it off in that too

[@josephtabbi7902]

Love it!!

[@TinyRip-zz9qk]

He was on that sigma male grindset

[@Gantros]

I wonder how many places of worship Bale defiled getting into character as Gorr the God-Butcher for Thor 4?

[@trav17awesome92]

At 3:50 I don't see why people say that stuff. I come here cuz I just enjoy listening to these rants/stories and facts that you guys wanted to make a video on. I don't think I've clicked a video purely to learn about the subject. I just like listening to random facts and the energy behind them. Some videos I already knew everything about and I still loved to listen to it anyways. Yeah I already knew but it's enjoyable to listen to anyways in the Fact Fiend way. First comment I have made but I love these videos 100%.

[@missrocks]

Karl, did you know that the bit about Christian Bale being inspired by Tom Cruise for his role as Bateman was something I didnt in fact know? So you actually told me something new to add to something I onow about American Psycho that many dont. So cheers for that 😁

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

Jarrod Leto is my favorite in this movie because I love seeing him get axed.

[@stevelandmartin-khan2430]

ngl, i didn't know the tom cruise fact. So thanks for mentioning it!

[@silasriegle1657]

I didn't know about the Tom Cruise thing til now. Thank you

[@R4yn3N3r3id]

you know...to the people that say "I already knew that" some of us don't...reasons i love watching these videos...sometimes i do already know...but a lot of times i pick up something new that i enjoy learning. I wasn't a fan of this film personally, but i love Bale as an actor. I didn't knw about the Tom Cruise thing...

[@sm-du8qt]

I actually didnt know about the Tom Cruise connection. lol thanks for mentioning it.

[@josephtabbi7902]

Love this movie!!

[@medievalmaster]

That fact about tom cruise i didnt actually know, so thank you for putting it i.

[@KaelKnight]

I think the wing it is because he is fully the character so he wings it as if the character is reacting in that scene

[@sulbert0445]

Lulu’s laugh is the best

[@camrocksincorporated3724]

I thought he was more of a robot in Equilibrium but that seemed part of the story.

[@Mr42watson]

Would be funny if on the bottom of the screen they just had a scroll of facts that everyone already knows about the topic at hand. Best of both worlds

[@thedawjinne]

I didn't know anything about that please keep giving all the information it help me and my fellow rock dwellers

[@averycanicus6092]

I did not know the Tom Cruz fact Thanx🤣

[@Myaufroto1]

I didn't know the Tom Cruise thing. I appreciate you mentioning it, because I'm one of the few that didn't know, and find it amazing.

[@mitchyk]

I can't believe you didn't mention Christian Bale lived next door to my friend in bournemouth. My sister used to get his mom's appointments at the hospital. The more you know!

[@LunchThyme]

Lulu's great, hope she becomes a regular behind the camera.

[@ronraum9320]

TBF I didnt know that christian bale tom cruise thing XD

[@thepupil2]

I didn't know, so thanks for putting it in, even if everyone else knew.

[@DropkickedBarracuda]

this is actually the first time ive ever heard anything about christian bale being inspired by tom cruise

[@blarghchan]

"everybody knows!" ...I didn't.

[@justinhart2831]

5:58 "You know, I'm something of an actor myself."

[@FillipJPhry]

I love this channel sofa king hard.

[@KINGDIOXIDE]

I actually had no idea about the tom cruise bit i guess everyday is a school day

[@LuluLaRue]

I cannot sweat on command but I do sweat around my face everytime I eat cheese...lol🤪

[@gangazumba3333]

I did not know that😮... About Tom cruise being an inspiration for Batmen

[@onriica]

I actually didn’t know about the Tom Cruise inspiration, first time I’d heard that!

[@alfredlorenzen868]

I cant believe you said that. Everybody already knew. Except me.

[@Sandul666]

to be able to sweat on command, you must have a strong memory or memory of a fear that could make you sweat, and on top of that be able to treat that memory as a current fear. it's crazy.

[@janikarkkainen3904]

Didn't know Bale's Bateman was inspired by Tom Cruise! Nice little tidbit of information.

[@BackHeelAssist]

Please keep nearby lulu behind the camera more often, she funny. You two killed this session together.

[@duishungry]

That Willem DeFoe tactic where they cut together different takes of him knowing and not knowing was also used during Brokeback Mountain. Director Ang Lee told Anne Hathaway to do one take where she definitely knew they were having an affair, one where she suspected, and one where she had no idea.

[@SuperPoodleboy]

Is 9:16 going to come back to haunt Lulu? 😂